MACHIAVELLIANISM

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Meaning:

The political doctrine of Machiavelli: any means (however unscrupulous) can be used by a ruler in order to create and maintain his autocratic government

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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Machiavellianism" is a kind of...):

autocracy (a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual)

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